Camping attachment for automobiles



Em. w, 1922.

J. L. TROUT. cAMPlNG ATTACHMENT FOR AUTOMOBI LES- FILED APR 17 1922.

3 SHEETS'SHEET I T/muz.

Dec. 19, 1922. 1 1,439,277

J. L TROUT. CAMPING ATTACHMENT FOR AUTOMOBILES.

FlLED APR 17. 1922, 3 SHEETS-SHEET 2 J. L. TROUT. CAMPING ATTACHMENT FORAUTOMOBILES.

Dem 19 3 SHEETS'SHEET 3 F LED APR 17 1922 Patented Dec, 19, 1922.

ii hi il 'li A new JOHN L. move, or KQKQMO, INDIANA,

CAMPING ATTACHMENT AUTOMIOBILES.

Application filed April r7, 1922-. Serial in. 553351.:

compartment of this character which is attachable to an automobile and convertible fOl'ilSE) eitheras a d ner or a sleeper.

Another object is to provide a 'compartment of this character which'when not in use may be folded to occupy a'compar'atively small space and to present a neat appearance, l when desired for use may be readily opened up to provideeither a sleeper or a diner.

With the'l m'egoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description Pi 'XGPClS the invention resides in the combination and arrangement oi parts and in the dot -,i of co-n'strnition hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the intention herein disclosed may be made within the scope oi what is claimed without departing from the spirit oi the invention.

in the accompanying drawings:

l ip ure 1. represents a side elevation of the compartment constituting this invention shown applied.

l ic is a horizontal section taken on the linev 2-2 oi Fig. l.

ig. t is a transverse vertical section taken on the line 3--8 of Fig. 1.

Fin. l; is a detailsectional view taken on the line 4--d of Fig. l.

Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view of one of the sleeves carried by the compartments.

l ig. O is a detail sectionalvicw taken on the line ('L-G of Figure 1 and Fig: 7 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 7'? of Fig. 1. a In the embodiment illustrated the compartment 1O constituting thisinvention is shown. attached to the rear end of an automobile A. the chassis C of which is. equipped with a plurality of keepers 1 to slidably receive forwardly and longitudinally extend ing guide bars 2 carried by the front end of the compartment at the lower portion thereof. lhe top T of the automobile is equipped with a sleeve-like track 3 held secured there-j I to by clips and in which are designed to sh do guide bars 4 carried by the upper por tion of the compartment 10 constituting the inventio The compartment 10 includes a rigiditop portion, ll l aving a flexible extension 12 wh ch, is designedto overlap thetop T of the automobile as is shown clearly ig l -r This compartmentlOlias a frame work comprising front uprights 13, rear uprights-1.4; and a "folding; floor l5,tl1e rear portion of the being telescopically engaged compartment with the front portion to provide, for its being collapsed when. not in use tooccupy a minimum amount-'01 space. The floor 15 215 shown is composed oftwo members 16 and 1'? hingedly connected at opposite sides as I atlS and adapted to be :folded upwardl as shown in dotted lmesin Fig". 1

.when the compartment iscollapsed. Hinged extensions 19 and QO arecarried byoppositc sides of tne floor and project laterally on opposite Si-HES of the compartment as is shown clearly in Fig.2 and are des gned to form extensions at i'lie sides of the compartment when the latter isextended for use,

Hingedwings 21. and 22 are" inounted on opposite sides 'of the compartment adjacent the floor extensions 19 and 20 and are adapted to swing outwardly into position shown in Fig. 2 auxiliary chambers at opposite sides of the compartment proper, being thus formed. i v

A supporting leg 23 is shown detachably carried by the rear end of the compartment 10 for supporting said end when not in use, it being understood of course two of these legs are provided, one at each side of the compartment and if desired a similar leg 24: may be used to support the hinged floor extensions 19 and 20.

Two inclined stays or braces :25 and 26 are carried by the front end of the compartment at each side thereoi and are detachably connected with the rear portion of the automobile by suitable thumb screws 27.

In the use of this device the guide bars 2 and P carried at the front end of the compartment '10. are slidably engaged with the keepers 6 and the tracks 3 respectively, and are secured thereto by suitable bolts. one. of which is shown at 28 in 1. The hinged wings 21 and 22 are folded inside the compartment and the floor extensions 19 and?!) are folded over onto the members 16 and 17 of the main floor and then said sections are folded upwardly to permit the rear portion of the compartment to slide forwardly and be secured by any suitable means to thefront portion thereof. 7

When the compartment is to be used the rear section is moved outwardly away from the front section thereof and the floor sections swung downwardly into the position shown in Figures 1 and 2with the extension 19 and 20 thereof opened laterally outward and the wings 21 and 22 swung open and the compartment may be used for any purpose desired, either as a sleeper or asa diner.

From the above description it will be ob vious that this compartment 10 may be quickly attached to and removed from the automobile A by simply releasing the bolts 28 and sliding the bars 2 and 4 from engagement with the'keepers 6 and tracks 3 this will permit the automobile to be used incidentally of the compartment or vice versa."

I claim I 1. A compartment for detachable connection with an automobile comprising a front mobile and be secured thereto,the floor of said compartment being composed of hinged sections adapted to fold upwardly when the compartment is collapsed and means for supporting the rear end of said compartment. I

4. The combination with an automobile having guides thereon, a compartment for detachable connection therewith having a rigid top with a flexible extension on the front thereof to overlap the top of the auto mobile and be secured thereto, the floor of said compartment being composed of hinged sections adapted to fold upwardly when the compartment is collapsed, hinged wings mounted on opposite sides of the compart ment and adapted to swing outwardly at opposite sides of the compartment proper to form auxiliary chambers, and means for supporting said wings. i

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, Ihave hereto aflixed my si na ture in the presence of two witnesses.

, JOHN L. TROUT.

l fitnesses I Riel-1am) F. SCHWARTZ, A. H.-S0HWARTZ. 

